Chad

Chad 2021-23 Home

Is there much of interest here? Not really, but the stripe pattern on the front is at least mildly interesting. That doesn’t even extend to the rear. Other than that there’s the colour down the sides, the additional logos on the shoulders and whatever is happening with the collar. It plunges at the front, but is cut off, and is patterned at the back. Why? Who knows. Chad do tend towards the templates and there’s nothing very objectionable here, but there’s also little to excite, so I had to whine about the weird collar to fill space.

Mainly used to date in 2022 CHAN and 2023 AFCON qualifiers, they haven’t seen much success. For the AFCON they were drawn up against recent AFCON sensations The Gambia, and narrowly fell 3-2 on aggregate to end their journey instantly. CHAN qualifiers pitted them against DR Congo who swept them aside 7-1 on aggregate to do much the same.

Is this fairly typical for Chad? Not entirely, but it isn’t entirely inaccurate. They have regularly been eliminated in preliminary qualifiers, never winning more than 3 matches in a single qualification campaign. They’ve also been disqualified and banned a few times, just to add variety, and have mainly been active since 2000 despite joining FIFA in 1988. Being fairly central means they also have an uncommon regional tournament. Here they’ve had a little more success, with runners-up UDEAC Cup finishes in the mid-80’s,a  2005 CEMAC Runners-up spot and a 2014 title from the same tournament that appears to have been so surprising that the tournament’s not been hosted since.

Chad’s women’s team has been a recent development, debuting in 2019. They respectably lost 3-1 on aggregate to Algeria in Olympic qualifiers and the next year cane 4^th from 5 teams in the 2020 UNIFFAC Cup, drawing 3 matches. They’ve never played in CAF competition to date. While they certainly have an U17 UNIFFAC title to their name, Chadian men’s youth football has been plagued with withdrawals. They’ve never been to an AFCON at any youth level and, when they enter/are allowed to enter, generally don’t progress in qualifiers. Women’s youth football has not existed to date, perhaps not a surprise given the lack of senior match time.

Chad have never played either beach soccer or futsal, though neither are as widely spread as they could be, so this is unlikely to be a shock.

Drawn up against Sudan for 2022 qualification, Chad were not expected to progress and delivered on that. They lost 3-1 and then respectably drew 0-0, but the brutal qualification format meant that ended their journey instantly. Nothing unusual from Chad, but a shame to see.